Sanctuary (The J. Geils Band album)

For the album by Simon Webbe, see Sanctuary (Simon Webbe album). For the Irish charity album, see Sanctuary (Irish charity album).

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Sanctuary is the tenth album by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1978 (see 1978 in music).

A 1998 re-release on the Razor & Tie label added two bonus tracks, taken from the 1982 live album Showtime!.

This is the first J. Geils Band album labeled by EMI Records.

Track listing

All songs written by Seth Justman and Peter Wolf

1. "I Could Hurt You" – 3:53
2. "One Last Kiss" – 4:19
3. "Take It Back" – 3:18
4. "Sanctuary" – 3:50
5. "Teresa" – 3:46
6. "Wild Man" – 5:22
7. "I Can't Believe You" – 4:11
8. "I Don't Hang Around Much Anymore" – 4:37
9. "Jus' Can't Stop Me" – 3:36

Bonus Tracks

10. "I Do" (Live) (Melvin Mason, Johnny Paden, Frank Paden, Jesse Smith, Willie Stephenson) - 3:22
11. "Land of a Thousand Dances" (Live) (Chris Kenner) - 3:27

Personnel

• Peter Wolf - vocals
• J. Geils - guitar
• Seth Justman - keyboard, vocals
• Danny Klein - bass
• Magic Dick - harmonica, trumpet, chromatic harmonica
• Stephen Bladd - percussion, drums, vocals

Additional personnel

• Arno Hecht - horn

Production

• Producers: Seth Justman, Joseph Wissert
• Engineer: David Brown, David Hewitt, Jon Mathias, Kooster McAllister, Frank Pavlich, David Thoener
• Assistant engineers: Jesse Henderson, Jon Mathias
• Mixing: David Thoener
• Mastering: Joe Brescio, Elliot Federman
• Project director: Mike Ragogna
• Production coordination: David Richman
• Arranger: Seth Justman
• Layout design: Paula Bisacca
• Photography: Alen MacWeeney, Rob Van Petten
• Liner notes: John Tobler

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1979	Pop Albums	49

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1979	"One Last Kiss"	Pop Singles	35
1979	"Take It Back"	Pop Singles	67